Coin-displaying device.



F. W. GARNER.

COIN DISPLAYING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 001'. 2 1912.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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F. W. GARNER.

COIN DISPLAYING DEVICE.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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rnnnnnronwrnmaivr GARNER, or ISLINGTON, ENGLAND.

,COIN-DISPLAYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I P m t 2 9 Application filed October 21, 1912. Serial No. 727,059.

' now well known cash register tills. Such displayers consist of a revoluble wheel mounted in a casing and having divisions in each of which a single coin is adapted to rest and be displayed through the transparent front of the device said wheel being so connected with the operating mechanism of the cash register that each time a key is depressed the aforesaid wheel is rotated one step. Now the object of providing these displayers in connection with a till is to minimize the risk of dispute arising between the retailer and the customer for instance where the retailer gives change for a half dollar piece and the customer is under the impression that he tendered a dollar piece the point can be settled owing to the fact that the coin is exposed to view in the displayer but owing to the fact that the revoluble wheel is moved one step forward each time a key of the register is depressed whether a coin has been placed in the displayer or not the object of the device is defeated for it will be apparent that it frequently happens in a busy establishment that a coin placed in the displayer will be) passed through it and into the till so rapidly owing to the register having been used for giving change for coins of other value that the coin is lost to view before any dispute as to its denomination can be satisfactorily adjusted.

Now the object of the present invention is to provide an improved coin displayer which shall be independent of the operating mechanism of the till or cash register and in which the wheel is moved one step only when a coin of the predetermined denomination is inserted therein thus allowing such coin to be displayed for a much longer period than has hitherto been the case.

In its broadest aspect the invention contemplates a construction in which a rotatable coin displaying wheel is independent of the cash register mechanismand is adapted to be moved one step by the depression of the coin chute in the act of inserting a coin.

The invention also comprises details of same will now be described in detail for which purpose reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a coin displaying device' embodying this invention and Fig.2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe coin displayer the front plate of the casing a (Fig. 1) being removed to show the arrangement of the wheel. Fig. i is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2 but drawn to a larger scale the cover plate of the operating mechanism being removed to more clearly illustrate the mechanism for rotating the coindisplaying wheel upon the insertion of a coin.

A displayer constructed in accordance Rotatably mounted upon a spindle 0 within the casing a is a coin displaying wheel cl having in the construction shown. six compartments or divisions formed by the spokes ec located between two disks f of mica, celluloid or other transparent mate-' rial. The spindle c carries a spur wheel '9 (seen-more clearly in Fig. 4- the teeth of cwhich are engaged by a spring controlled pawl h pivotally mounted at h at the end of a lever i pivoted at 7' to the casing a. The pawl h is held in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 by a leaf spring is which presses the tail [t of the pawl against a stop Z on the lever 2'. Pivotally secured at m to the lever i is an operating lever n which is positively attached by its opposite end to the coin chute 0 the lever 42 being slotted as at 20 to admit of its being depressed to rotate the wheel d. while a' spring 7) is provided to return the parts to the normal position all as will be presently explained.

The operation of the improved coin displayer is as follows reference being had more particularly to Fig. 4L:When a coin is inserted in the chute 0 this latter is pressed downward by the fingers so depressing levers n and i and allowing pawl 72 to turn about its pivot h and escape the teeth of the wheel 9. The parts are now in the position shown in dotted lines in fig. 4: where it will be seen that the pawl h is located beneath one of the teeth of the wheel g. Upon removing the lingers from the chute 0 the spring p raises levers n and i and the pawl it causes the spur wheel 9 tov be rotated one tooth and the coin located between the spokes c and e as shown in dotted lines is carried around into the position shown in full lines and remains eX- posed to view through the transparent disks 7. Upon another coin being inserted through the chute 0 which is of course depressed in the act of inserting such coin the cycle of operations is repeated and the displaying wheel again moved one step. Upon the coin first inserted reaching the position 9 Fig. 3 it falls through the aperture 7* into the box "0.

In order to prevent the displaying wheel cl turning in the opposite direction a spring sv having an enlargement t thereon adapted to engage between two teeth of the wheel 9 is provided while upon the opposite side of the wheel a pivoted dog a (Fig. 3) is arranged against which the spokes ec contact as the wheel (Z rotates in the direction of the arrow thus insuring that the wheel cZ shall be moved positively but one step at each actuation of the appar-atus.

While I have described the construction of parts and operations preferred various modifications in the details of construction may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claiming clauses and I therefore do not desire to be limited by the positive terms employed in connection with the description excepting such as the stateof the art may require.

I claim:

1. The combination with a casing; of a coin displaying wheel mounted within the casing, a ratchet wheel rotatable with the coin displaying wheel, a lever having one end pivotally connected to said casing, a pawl pivotally mounted on said lever and engaging one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel when the lever is moved in one direction, a spring carried by said lever and pressing against the pawl to permit free movement of the lever in the opposite direction, a coin slide and chute carried by the casing, an arm connecting said chute and lever and a spring connected to said arm and casing to retract the arm and coin chute for depression.

2. The combination with a-casing, of a coin display wheel mounted within the casing, a star wheel rotatable with the coin displaying wheel, a lever having one end pivotally secured to said casing, a pawl pivot-ally secured to the free end of said lever, a stop secured adjacent the end of said lever, a spring secured to the under surface of the lever, having its free end adapted to engage said pawl, said pawl normally engaging said star wheel, a coin receiver, a lever having one end slidably mounted in the casing adjacent said coin-receiver said coin receiver and its free end pivotally mounted in said pawl containing lever, provided intermediate its end with an arm at an angle thereto adapted to receive a spring at its farthest end, and ribs extending beyond the periphery of said coin displaying wheel, a pivoted dog secured to said casing adapted to operatively engage said ribs thereby preventing rotation in two directions of said coin displaying wheel.

FREDERICK WILLIAM GARNER.

lVitnesses P. R. PoLnHAMrToN. A. E. WHITE.

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